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carlosvasquez5
3,803 PointsWhere am i wrong in my code?
I'm trying to get the reverse_evens function to print the list's even indexes out in reverse, but it keeps saying i'm wrong...
def first_4(whatever):
newstuff = whatever[:4]
return newstuff
def first_and_last_4(uhuh):
newstuff = uhuh[:4]
newstuff += uhuh[-4:]
return newstuff
def odds(uhuh):
odds = uhuh[1::2]
return odds
def reverse_evens(uhuh):
evens = uhuh[-2::-2]
return evens
2 Answers
Louise St. Germain
19,424 PointsHi Carlos!
The issue with reverse evens is that your code doesn't know whether the incoming list has an even or an odd number of items, and treats both the same way. Since it starts counting from the 2nd-last item without knowing whether that is an odd or an even list item, sometimes your code is returning the evens, but sometimes it is returning the odds.
There are a couple of ways to fix this. You could get the evens by counting forward the normal way (step size +2), then returning that list of (forward) evens in reverse, using a -1 step size.
Alternatively, you could use an if statement that checks whether len(uhuh) is even or odd (use the modulo function), and use different slices to get the evens starting from the end, depending on whether the list has an even or odd number of items. The only difference will be where the start point is. Both would still have the -2 step size as before.
I think the first way is cleaner, but both should work, and there may even be more ways!
I hope this helps, and good luck with the challenge!
carlosvasquez5
3,803 Pointswow that was a well put way to say that...... you're awesome! And it worked! Thanks for the help!
Louise St. Germain
19,424 PointsI'm glad it was helpful, and happy to hear you got it working! :-)